On Apr 27, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
Is there any reason to label the "cancel" button "dismiss"? Most
english
programs I know stick to "cancel".
That is because "dismiss" is not the same as "cancel". To
cancel implies aborting an action which typically includes
throwing away unsaved data. To dismiss (or close) on the
other hand simply closes/dismisses the widget/dialog/window
the button is clicked in.
It's probably a fine and fuzzy line.
i agree that Cancel implies aborting, even though the distinction is
usually not respected in softwares.
Any of Dismiss or Close or Exit may serve better *unless* this widget
were "called" as part of a multi-step procedure... if it were helpful
to be able to abort such a process, and the widget could be aware,
then the button could display a contextually-appropriate value (like
"Cancel"). The challenge here might be the method of reliably
returning the user to a suitable level in the "abort" hierarchy.
But until such time as we may have contextually-defined buttons,
would either "Close" or "Exit" be better-understood -- by more people
-- than Dismiss?
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